Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-27

!, them to own the peoples highway to th
I markets of the world, and thus control TO
their own selfish ends the industrial inter
ests OF the nation. Between these oil,
parties
THERE is NO ISSUE TO-DAY,
| Except a scramble for Office. They eris
ON political prejudice, which grew out of
struggle, settled nearly quarter of a cen
fury ago. Neither of them give US an,
| hope whatever for relief; therefore 7 AL
! you to shake off the political shackles tina
have bound you, and, as the old line Wing
and Democrats came out of their respectiy,
parties and organized new party to rit
the country of slavery. come out now
from the Democratic and Republican par
TIES, and join the Prohibition party: tn,
only party that stands pledged to free thi.
nation from the liquor traffic-a ten folC
worse slavery than that which held tb,
6!ack man in bonds, for african slavery
dldn' t destroy the soul of its victim bu
rum slavery destroys both soul and body.
ST. JOHN AND THE PRESS.
Governor st. John here took occasion tc
say that the Prohibition meetings had beer
fairly treated by the California press. The
reports had been fair, full and Impartial
and he thanked the papers for the kindly
treatment he had received. There were
but two exceptions, both little papers. and
one was in Sacramento" He then read
from the Erening Bee of the 21st the follow.
ing:
HE THREW DOWN" THE REPUBLICANS.
John p st. John, Ex-Governor of Kansas and
VINO was the Prohibition candidate for Presi.
gent IN 1854, will deliver temperance lecture
IN this city next Tuesday evening at the Clunie
Opera House.
It will be recollected that ST. John is the indi-
Nldual who peddled the Prohibition vote about
Inc country, and finally made dicker with the
democrats, which to great extent resulted in
the defeat of Blaine.
A prominent temperance man of Chico went
ABOUT that city the other day taking up collec-
ton to pay St. John for speaking there. He
struck an old-line Republican, who is q temper
ance man as well, for 81
Not much, he replied "But I'd damn soon
give dollar if you would use it to buy a rope to
hang st. John"
Now" said the speaker, " the editor of
the little paper ought to know that Blaine
defeated me. Great laughter What a
wonderful brain it must be to evolve such
thing as this (referring to the articlel.
What draft ON mans ability it must
have been to write such an editorial as
this. [Laughter.l How it will go thun-
dering down the ages, and this little papers
opinion OF st. John be repeated hundred
years from now to Sunday school chilren.
Laughter and applause. The little Bee
Just think OF ito charge me with decker
ing with the Democrats want to apollo
gize to the paper-it is the best it can do.
[Great laughter 1t is an answer to rea-
son, isn't it?" He said the matter re-
minded him of
MINISTER OUT IN COLORADO,
church building inclosed and rooted, bat
there his means gave out. He resolved tc
have festival, and set out crackers and
cheese. and invite the boys" in. But he
wanted music for the occasion. The only
musical instrument he could find was an
old organ, minus one pedal, and with three
keys. He rented it and took it to the
church. At the hotel he found a stranger
had arrived in the settlement and registered
as professor of music. He thought the
Lord had indeed come to his aid to supply
a need. He called in the Professor and by
much pleading induced him to preside at
the organ, though the man said he couldn't
possibly get music out of that poor Thing.
Never mind" said the preacher make
all the noise you can with it-play for
Chrlsts sake" AT night the COWBOYS
locked into the festival. The preacher
knew whom he had to deal with-fellows
who drew and fired if things did not 90 to
suit them. He therefore consderatelv pro-
cured huge sheet of paper and suspended
on the wall just back of the organist, and
on 1t he penciled IN large letters, Please
don't shoot the Professor-he is doing the
best he can on the old thing" [Roars of
laughter So l say, don't harm the editor
OF the Bee, be is doing the best he can on
the little thing. Applause and great
laughter.] No doubt he thinks he is a
Christian man. He is probably, however.
ONLY AFFLICTED WITH DYSPEPSIA,
Mistakes 1t for Christian conviction, and
lmagnes every one to be corrupt but him
self. lGreat laughterl The speaker then
replied in warm terms, denying with en-
phasis, that he had ever "dickered" with
the Democrats for the Prohibition vote.
he had no vote to sell or dicker. The
charge he denounced as infamous-more-
over, he declared, the Democrats had never
sought to influence him politically or other
wise; had never approached him, or he
them. He served the Republican party
from its birth for twenty-eight years, and
Tor It's principles shouldered a musket and
went to the front and fought for his coun-
try. No man ever could say that he had
stained his cause by any bargain or "dicker"
or offer.
HE CONCLUDED
With a feryent appeal for protection of the
children of the land from the saloon infiu-
ence; drew touching picture of ruined
home, and another of the success of sturdy
resistance of the temptations and allure
ments of liquor, and urged the people to
be true TO the homes of the land, and pro-
tect them from the liquor traffic by prohi-
bition. He retired amidst loud applause :;
the choir then sang America" and the
audience was then diimissed; many, how.
ever, pressing forward to shake hands with
the prohibition advocate.